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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After the divorce in Chapter 41, McCall receives a call from where about a job interview?
2. Upon a trip to visit the kids in what city, is McCall is arrested for non payment of child support?
3. Where does McCall visit his new daughter, as noted in Chapter 43?
4. In 1981, McCall graduated with honors from what college?
5. As McCall describes his feelings about his assignments in Chapter 29, he reveals that these people are not objective but have feelings and opinions about everything.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does McCall feel like a slave on an auction block in Chapter 27?
2. How is McCall's life after being released from St Brides like starting life over?
3. What happens with the divorce from Debbie in Chapter 41?
4. How does McCall's decision to do the right thing and not worry about what people think about him in Part II illustrate McCall's growth and maturity?
5. Why is McCall now afraid of the people with whom he was once so comfortable?
6. Why does McCall see his grandchild as a another cycle of life?
7. Why does McCall enjoy the small things in Chapter 24?
8. Why are Debbie's parents happy about the pregnancy, while McCall's parents are not in Chapter 32?
9. What happens when McCall deals with the question of whether to abort his own child and an assignment in Chapter 31?
10. What does McCall fear about his kids from Debbie and what does he do about it, according to Chapter 34?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Chapter 14, McCall shoots a man who had once raped and is now harassing Elisabeth. How does the system handle McCall and this crime and how does this compare to how something like this might be handled in today's system with a shooter like McCall and a man like Plaz? Consider the type of threat to Elisabeth as an influencing factor as well.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the significance of McCall's approval of unusual names for black babies in relation to his need to rebel against all things mainstream.
Essay Topic 3
In Chapter 12 explain the messages in the movies "Superfly" and "The Mack" and how these messages affect McCall and his friends. What does McCall note about the movies that he just lets go right by him?
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